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Roofs on bikes. Why?
By Visordown News on 09/01/2012 14:04:37
Lit C1 car-bike hybrid
BIKES don't have roofs. They don't have roll bars or crumple-zones either. But for some reason there seems to be a never-ending supply of inventors out there with grand schemes to revolutionise motorcycling by adding some car DNA to bikes.The latest
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Official Akira replica bike
By Robin Goodwin on 12/04/2012 09:29:19
Kaneda replica bike riding across Japan for charity
This will peak the interest of fans of the anime film and manga series Akira, a cult piece of science-fiction set in a dystopian Tokyo and featuring biker gangs (watch a bike scene here) and psychokinetic powers. A Japanese fan has built his own
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Pick a bike up
By Rob Hoyles on 21/04/2010 15:52:55
Bikes fall over; it happens. Here’s how to get yours back up, regardless of how heavy it is or weedy you are
Before attempting to pick the bike up, check that you’re not hurt. With the adrenaline flowing like WKDs on a hen do and your brain a mess of confusion, shock and anger, it’s easy to overlook a bone poking out of your Levis. It goes without saying
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Boxx Corp's suitcase bike launched
By Visordown News on 09/12/2011 14:16:52
Oddball bike finally surfaces
WE'VE been avidly following the progress of Boxx Corp's suitcase-style bike from its original patent and now the finished product has been released.The electric bike is just a metre long and has a top speed of between 28 to 35mph with a battery
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The 10 Biggest Biking Blunders
By Visordown on 17/11/2010 16:42:28
Every now and then we all drop a clanger. But for some the effects are more acute than just a red face and the mother-in-law refusing to speak to you for a few years. Here is the definitive list of biking’s biggest blunders
the production company approached BMW instead. The Long Way Round TV series promptly became a global smash hit, a marketing company’s dream and subsequently had enormous impact on the worldwide sales of BMW’s GS range of bikes.“In an ideal world we would have
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Travis Pastrana's Shoe Bike
By Ben Cope on 29/10/2009 22:22:56
Only Travis Pastrana could come up with this. An FMX bike that runs on shoes, not traditional tyres...
WHAT HAS TRAVIS Pastrana been up to now? The multi-talented stunt monkey has been busy converting a standard FMX bike into one that can run on DC shoes. Why? We don't know, but check out this vid, it's typical off-the-wall Pastrana.
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Binmen mistake bike for rubbish
By Visordown News on 17/10/2012 11:11:00
A North Carolina man finds his bike gone - but not in quite the way you'd expect...
IN A BIZARRE turn of events, Joseph Morning came out of his house to discover that his bike had been collected by binmen.After some investigation, Joseph discovered that a crew with the City of Roanoke Rapids Waste Services had picked up his sports
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Bike Icon: Norton Commando
By Mark Shippey on 14/09/2010 17:53:35
Much-loved and much maligned, the Norton Commando both saved and then helped to kill the British bike industry
Court Motorcycle Show, the Commando was launched to rapturous acclaim. Could this be the saviour of the British motorcycle industry in a time where the Japanese were beginning to come to the fore? The mass-produced 100cc bikes that the Japanese had been
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Making Captain America's bike
By Visordown News on 28/07/2011 09:28:55
How Harley made the Cross Bones look like a replica WW2-spec bike
HARLEY-DAVIDSON has converted its modern (loosely-speaking) Cross Bones into a replica WW2-spec Harley for the new Captain America movie.And it looks like it's not the only bike in the film – check out this “making of” video to see more.
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Goodwood: Festival Of Speed - Classic Bikes
By Visordown News on 23/06/2007 12:59:00
Image gallery of classic bike shots from the FOS
GOODWOOD has on display some of the world's greatest racebikes, many have won world titles in the hands of racing legends. But unlike most museum pieces you'll hear the bikes start, run and sometimes crash at Goodwood!Hugo Wilson...a Classic Bike
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